Garden Route District Municipality
The Garden Route District Municipality (Afrikaans: Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Garden Route), formerly known as the Eden District Municipality, is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC4.
Garden Route
Eden | |
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Seal | |
Location in South Africa | |
Local municipalities within the Garden Route District | |
| Coordinates: 33°45′S 22°00′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| Seat | George |
| Local municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Memory Booysen (DA) (2016-) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23,331 km2 (9,008 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 574,265 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 24.7% |
| • Coloured | 54.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 19.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 70.8% |
| • Xhosa | 18.3% |
| • English | 7.5% |
| • Other | 3.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | DC4 |
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